Devour

Chapter 264 Hell Worm Mother

"Examination candidate, the hunter Wang Baidi of the Gentleman Clan." Cheng Bai jumped to the ground and saluted, "Why are you mining luxury silver here? It's very dangerous nearby."

Zhen Yizhe scolded, "What's the risk? Stop exaggerating."

Cheng Bai said frankly: "The area around here is seriously desertified. There are rich reserves of luxury silver mines, but there are no ghosts or demons occupying it. I see that the ground veins are full of holes, and there must be insect nests hidden underground. If you disturb the insect mother, there may be an insect tide, and you may not be able to protect yourselves."

Zhen Yizhe was not sure, and asked in surprise: "If we mine some ore, we won't alarm the mother worm, right?"

A Pu walked closer slowly and said, "According to the scriptures of my Xiyu Sword Sect, the luxury silver mine here has existed since ancient times. Monks passing by the Nine-Layered Abyss usually mine some of it. Occasionally, they see intestinal worms appearing, but if there are not many, it is not a big deal."

Zhen Yizhe said confidently, "Brother Duanmuqi and I can definitely deal with one together. If Brother Xu comes out, we might be able to defeat two at once."

A Pu chuckled and said, "There's nothing to worry about. You have come to the test, and you can collect resources based on your ability. Everything you get is yours, so don't meddle in other people's business."

Cheng Bai asked: "How many years has it been since the Nine-Layered Abyss was opened?"

Zhen Yizhe said frankly: "I don't know whether other star regions have traveled to this place. The netherworld road from Shanhui City to here was last opened one hundred and twenty years ago."

Haven't the records over the years been changed?

Cheng Bai muttered in his heart, but did not speak out, only said: "Thank you for your advice."

In that case, he wouldn't be polite. He took a quick glance with his intelligent eyes and selected a huge rock of luxury silver ore weighing one million kilograms nearby. He then used the Four Symbols Cauldron to take it away.

Several meters high of mineral material was pulled up like a small mountain, revealing a dark pit underneath. It was so deep that it was impossible to see the bottom. It seemed as if something was slowly crawling in the darkness.

A monk peeked into the cave, looking surprised. He couldn't help but shout, "Hey... come and see! Something is moving down there."

Xu Buwei put a large piece of ore into his pocket and turned back to persuade him, "Don't provoke the bugs."

As soon as he finished speaking, the monk fell straight into the pit and let out a short cry that echoed in the empty wilderness.

Something happened to someone, and all the monks present stopped what they were doing and gathered around in groups of three or four.

Xu Buwei asked, "Who fell down just now?"

Zhen Yizhe could see clearly from a distance and responded, "He is a junior fellow from the Zixu Sword Sect."

The Zixu Sword Sect is a moderately large sword-cultivating sect in Donghua Shangzhou. It is said to have some relationship with the Lingxu Sword Sect, one of the top ten sword sects. Although the names differ by only one character, the gap in status is huge.

Xu Buwei called out, "Is that Brother Chen who is good at using the mother-child sword? Can you hear me? Come up quickly."

There was silence in the pit. After waiting for a moment, Junior Brother Chen did not respond.

Zhen Yizhe was surprised and asked, "Brother Chen is in the late Heavenly Man Realm, and his power is not weak, so how could he not even make a sound? Could he have been ambushed?"

Xu Buwei approached the pit cautiously and threw the moon-shining stone bead in his hand into the pit.

With the help of dim light, he concentrated his consciousness and eyesight to explore the detailed scene deep inside the cave. A huge creature was approaching the cave entrance silently.

Xu Buwei's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed in horror: "Quickly retreat, there is a hell worm queen below."

Every intestinal worm nest hides a mysterious and powerful existence - the Hell Worm Queen. Few people know its true identity, but its dark legend continues to circulate in the Nine Abyss.

In short, the Hell Worm Queen is the ruler and creator of the intestinal worm community, from which all the intestinal worms in the Nine Abyss were born. They multiplied to staggering and terrifying numbers, capable of drowning invading enemies in an endless tide of worms.

Xu Buwei stepped back quickly as a violent heat wave gushed out from the pit, cracking the entrance and carrying with it a distorted human head.

The head fell to the ground and rolled. A few flesh legs emerged from the broken wound, supporting the unwilling head and fleeing the scene. In a short time after death, it turned into a big-headed ghost.

Only in the Nine Abyss will such strange phenomena occur in life.

Many monks saw the change, but were caught off guard and didn't know how to deal with it, so they just let it go.

Then, a gray-red intestinal worm that was twice as thick as the previous one stretched out its long and narrow body. Its five tentacles on the top faced the wind, sensing the position of the target prey, and opened its pincer-like mouthparts.

As soon as it appeared, it began to make an inexplicable chanting sound. The monks around it suddenly felt dizzy, their sea of ​​consciousness was churning, their chests and stomachs were nauseous, and they were at a loss for a moment.

A Pu used his internal energy to resist and said hastily, "It's the mind that's rotting, and it affects a wide area."

Mind Rot is a vicious mental attack that can erode the consciousness of multiple targets, causing confusion, panic and despair, and even madness.

Cheng Bai used the power of the Phoenix to resist the incoming attack. He stretched out his hand and fired several sniper bullets that silently hit the intestinal worms, causing the worm mother to suffer severe pain. The mind-rot spell could no longer be continued, and the chanting stopped abruptly.

Xu Buwei took the opportunity to catch his breath, raised his flying sword, and performed the "Change of Heart" move from the "Extreme Sword Sutra", the unique skill of the Zhongji Yuquan Sword School.

The spiritual sword emitted light, and flew up and down around the intestinal worm like a nimble dragon. It slashed several times with the sound of "chi chi chi", leaving countless sword marks on the worm's body in an instant. Green liquid gushed out of the wounds, splashing on the rocks and burning wisps of green smoke.

The intestinal worm suffered a great loss and its body shrank suddenly, retreating back to the depths of the pit, leaving behind a deep hole that had been enlarged by the ground, and a lot of soil and rocks nearby rolled into the hole.

The sniper bullets were invisible and came and went without a trace in the darkness. Zhen Yizhe did not see them in his panic, but he only knew that Xu Buwei's flying sword was dazzling. He praised loudly: "Senior Brother Xu, your swordsmanship is great. The insect mother was repelled with one move!"

Xu Buwei retracted the flying sword, shook his head and sighed: "My Liucai Sword is a top-grade spiritual weapon, ranked 39th on the Tianbao List, but I can't cut off its body."

Duanmu Qi said: "At least it has been seriously injured and will not dare to attack again."

Xu Buwei weighed the results of the battle and shook his head, saying, "We only damaged its fur. This beast has been lurking underground for a long time and has grown to an incredible size. What has emerged above the ground is just the tip of the iceberg."

As everyone was still talking, the ground around them began to shake slightly, as if there was a minor earthquake.

Hei Long whispered, "Your Majesty, please fly quickly. I can feel the beginning of an earthquake."

Cheng Bai and Yan Gui jumped onto the black dragon's back without saying a word. Just as they flew into the air, a shocking change occurred - the ground within a mile radius collapsed!

The ground nearby had long been full of holes due to insects, and could not withstand large-scale violent vibrations. The Hellworm Queen suddenly used the secret technique of shaking the earth and mountains, causing a large area of ​​land to fall into a huge pit.

The accident happened suddenly, and the monks who reacted quickly hurriedly used their flying swords and flying armor to get out of the collapse of the ground. Several people were caught off guard and fell into the pit, screaming miserably.

The cultivators who entered the Ninth Abyss were all strong in cultivation and should not have been stumped by the collapse of the ground. However, several giant intestinal worms quickly emerged from the huge deep pit and pounced towards them viciously, their ferocious mouths scrambling to bite their prey.

The unlucky monks were either sprayed with poison or burned horribly by the flames. With their fighting power greatly reduced, they were either cut in half by the sharp fangs that followed, or their limbs flew everywhere, and they lost their lives on the spot, becoming victims of the melee.

Yao Shuang stood on the flying sword and yelled, "What a huge and long monster with so many heads. It's so disgusting."

The ends of the intestinal worms in the pit were actually connected to each other, and the intertwined parts were hairy and difficult to distinguish, like a twisted ball of brain covered with dark red hair. Nine slender necks stretched out from its body, and it could stretch freely to several hundred meters away. Its hot body melted the surrounding rocks it touched and emitted wisps of green smoke.

"This is the true face of the Hell Worm Queen." Cheng Bai was delighted to see the prey and summoned the Killing Sword.

Unexpectedly, the Hell Worm Queen was so cunning that she did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the many monks. Instead, she quickly retracted her entire body and sank deep into the pit, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"It escaped underground. It's pretty fast." Cheng Bai couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

The scattered monks gradually gathered together and counted their losses. A total of six people had died.

Xu Buwei slowly descended on his sword. Seeing this, he sighed and said, "The Nine-Layered Abyss has always been cruel. On the first day, all the upright fellows whose strength was lower than the Wuwei Realm were killed."

Duanmu Qi shook his head and sighed, "No wonder the master suggested that only those with high enough cultivation can come."